Some technologies are created for evil purposes by evil people. They have no beneficial use. Sorry, but technology is just a tool and some tools are good for only one thing: Bad.
They are in a group-think, target-fixated, death-spiral focused on mimicking the commercial UI experience. But the people who went to linux went there because they didn't like the UI decisions made by microsoft and apple. They went there because of the configurability of linux. And they went there because Linux Made Them More Productive. Now, since the rate of climb for Linux adoption seems to be leveling off or dropping, they are coming up with crazy ideas to jump-start linux adoption again. And they are going to sell out the values that drew their early adopters to the program. If the only choice is between: windows, mac, and a half-assed lookalike, they are going to abandon Linux. Linux shouldn't try to mimic anything. It should be trying to define what the computer will look like 10 years from now. And that should not be a damn iphone.
The computers, cameras, network-switches, wires, cables. These are not the problem. Its the brains. We need to Lo-jack everyone's brain so that it explodes when it sees an illegal image. That way there are no design flaws.
It makes no sense for our elected Congressmen and Senators to be outside the control of the states for 4+ years in a row. Tax their income at 100% using the state tax system, and then pay them via State revenues the balance. If they perform. If they vote and can show they are reading and understanding the laws they are voting on. And if they screw up, you have an instant tether to pull them back into line. No money. Why are we allowing them to be paid by people who are not us? We might as well let people from other states vote on the elections as well. You want to fix problems, make sure they know who they work for. Every other week when they get their paycheck. Signed by the Governor of their state.
That way you can use your existing toolkits and expertise. I think you will find that the jump to add touch functionality will be less than the jump to a different universe.
To the best of my knowledge, cable companies send their signal once, and all the boxes entitled to hear it hear it at the same time. This is very efficient for the sender. Transmissions based on tcp/ip will not be efficient. Are there plans in the works to use udp broadcast or multicast to replace the functionality of broadcasted stations? If they do broadcast the tcp data, then it would probably not be efficient for the receivers. Are they discussing a replacement for broadcasted content that keeps things efficient?
We tried every trick on the planet to get a Mac Mini (current gen) to run linux and never could get it to boot. Which is too bad for them, because they lost sales. I had no trouble on previous Minis booting/running linux, and it was infuriating being locked out of the machine that way. The real question is how people like Dell are going to handle it. And whether these machines can have multiple boot keys for multiple OS's.
Federal taxes are built into gas, phone bills, any product you purchase. Taxes are built into everything. They do this in such a way that the true cost of government is hidden from populace. After all, if you got a bill at the end of the year that said "You owe us 60% of everything you made this year", people might get testy. So please dont think that the poor are not paying taxes. They are, and they are probably paying a fairly large portion of their meager incomes to boot.
Following at a distance provides you with the ability to not only react in time, but it also allows you to react better. By easing off the accelerator instead of breaking, you can save a lot of gas. Braking means loss of energy and is almost always followed by a unnecessary burst of speed to catch back up. Accelerating your car is the most fuel intensive thing you can do.
How is one to know whether your video recorder or phone has put sub-protocol information on the recording that identifies you. Ok, even if its a camera, it can put the serial number of the camera there. And if you bought it with a CC, then they can relate the two. Or , if you post other video of your camping trip or whatever, they could relate two recordings. If recording the audio is a crime, then one should strip the audio before giving the recording to anyone. This would block the seizure of the tape as evidence that the recording itself was a crime.
We have had any number of events which could hurl material from Earth well past escape velocity and into space. Is this material coming back after one of those events? I skimmed the article, but did not see where they eliminated Earth as the source of the material.
I know people like to talk about futures and about entitlements and this and that. But I would like to see the cancelled checks. What did we literally write checks for over the last 4 years. Sorted by amount, application, and area of responsibility. Does anyone have that chart? How often is it updated?
He almost certainly broke the laws of every state in the nation. Each state therefore can build a case against him while he is in prison. And since he made the statements, they would be easy cases to prosecute. I doubt he is going to Tahiti after his term.
But I am unsure how the the powers of the Executive Branch can force a change. 1. He only gets to sign or veto bills written by other people. 2. He has no control over the airwaves that would be saturated by very desperate people who want to keep things the same. 3. He will want to get re-elected.
What is one that allows you to segregate the wired from the wireless so they cannot talk to one another. I would like a wireless router that: The wireless can only access the wan. Do any of them do that? Extra points for a router that can only be administered via the wire.
They are shipping routers that have encryption turned off by default. And the routers have WEP as an option. The manufacturers could ship all their routers with WPA-2 and a randomized password that is shipped separately in the box. But they dont.
It seems like many/most machines shipped these days would benefit from 64bit installations over 32bit. Are we reaching a point where 64bit installations will be the defacto standard and 32bit will be "special" for older hardware? I am referring to Linux installs of course.
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Some technologies are created for evil purposes by evil people. They have no beneficial use.
Sorry, but technology is just a tool and some tools are good for only one thing: Bad.
They are in a group-think, target-fixated, death-spiral focused on mimicking the commercial UI experience. But the people who went to linux went there because they didn't like the UI decisions made by microsoft and apple. They went there because of the configurability of linux. And they went there because Linux Made Them More Productive.
Now, since the rate of climb for Linux adoption seems to be leveling off or dropping, they are coming up with crazy ideas to jump-start linux adoption again. And they are going to sell out the values that drew their early adopters to the program.
If the only choice is between: windows, mac, and a half-assed lookalike, they are going to abandon Linux.
Linux shouldn't try to mimic anything. It should be trying to define what the computer will look like 10 years from now. And that should not be a damn iphone.
The computers, cameras, network-switches, wires, cables. These are not the problem. Its the brains. We need to Lo-jack everyone's brain so that it explodes when it sees an illegal image. That way there are no design flaws.
It makes no sense for our elected Congressmen and Senators to be outside the control of the states for 4+ years in a row. Tax their income at 100% using the state tax system, and then pay them via State revenues the balance. If they perform. If they vote and can show they are reading and understanding the laws they are voting on. And if they screw up, you have an instant tether to pull them back into line. No money.
Why are we allowing them to be paid by people who are not us? We might as well let people from other states vote on the elections as well.
You want to fix problems, make sure they know who they work for. Every other week when they get their paycheck. Signed by the Governor of their state.
That way you can use your existing toolkits and expertise. I think you will find that the jump to add touch functionality will be less than the jump to a different universe.
How else would an emergent intelligence learn to take over our weapons so it could use them against us. It has to watch!
To the best of my knowledge, cable companies send their signal once, and all the boxes entitled to hear it hear it at the same time. This is very efficient for the sender. Transmissions based on tcp/ip will not be efficient. Are there plans in the works to use udp broadcast or multicast to replace the functionality of broadcasted stations? If they do broadcast the tcp data, then it would probably not be efficient for the receivers.
Are they discussing a replacement for broadcasted content that keeps things efficient?
We tried every trick on the planet to get a Mac Mini (current gen) to run linux and never could get it to boot. Which is too bad for them, because they lost sales. I had no trouble on previous Minis booting/running linux, and it was infuriating being locked out of the machine that way.
The real question is how people like Dell are going to handle it. And whether these machines can have multiple boot keys for multiple OS's.
Certainly not to the degree they used to. Because they got underwater gambling in the mortgage securities market.
Good point, I did not think of that. I mostly think of tourists getting gouged by the hotel "fees".
Federal taxes are built into gas, phone bills, any product you purchase. Taxes are built into everything. They do this in such a way that the true cost of government is hidden from populace. After all, if you got a bill at the end of the year that said "You owe us 60% of everything you made this year", people might get testy.
So please dont think that the poor are not paying taxes. They are, and they are probably paying a fairly large portion of their meager incomes to boot.
Following at a distance provides you with the ability to not only react in time, but it also allows you to react better. By easing off the accelerator instead of breaking, you can save a lot of gas. Braking means loss of energy and is almost always followed by a unnecessary burst of speed to catch back up. Accelerating your car is the most fuel intensive thing you can do.
Well, that sounds like it might be a little excessive.
Let the next time someone in that company try to "google" something be a very unpleasant experience.
Google death sentence.
How is one to know whether your video recorder or phone has put sub-protocol information on the recording that identifies you. Ok, even if its a camera, it can put the serial number of the camera there. And if you bought it with a CC, then they can relate the two. Or , if you post other video of your camping trip or whatever, they could relate two recordings.
If recording the audio is a crime, then one should strip the audio before giving the recording to anyone. This would block the seizure of the tape as evidence that the recording itself was a crime.
We have had any number of events which could hurl material from Earth well past escape velocity and into space. Is this material coming back after one of those events? I skimmed the article, but did not see where they eliminated Earth as the source of the material.
Years?
I know people like to talk about futures and about entitlements and this and that. But I would like to see the cancelled checks. What did we literally write checks for over the last 4 years. Sorted by amount, application, and area of responsibility. Does anyone have that chart? How often is it updated?
How long would it before people use the service to get emails banned from people they don't like??
He almost certainly broke the laws of every state in the nation. Each state therefore can build a case against him while he is in prison. And since he made the statements, they would be easy cases to prosecute. I doubt he is going to Tahiti after his term.
But I am unsure how the the powers of the Executive Branch can force a change.
1. He only gets to sign or veto bills written by other people.
2. He has no control over the airwaves that would be saturated by very desperate people who want to keep things the same.
3. He will want to get re-elected.
Wouldnt that be a closer comparison to Hurd than Linux?
What is one that allows you to segregate the wired from the wireless so they cannot talk to one another. I would like a wireless router that: The wireless can only access the wan. Do any of them do that? Extra points for a router that can only be administered via the wire.
They are shipping routers that have encryption turned off by default. And the routers have WEP as an option. The manufacturers could ship all their routers with WPA-2 and a randomized password that is shipped separately in the box. But they dont.
It seems like many/most machines shipped these days would benefit from 64bit installations over 32bit. Are we reaching a point where 64bit installations will be the defacto standard and 32bit will be "special" for older hardware?
I am referring to Linux installs of course.
I have no idea what I might have said to bring up the idea of tax increases.